Horn seed sower



Sept. 25 1923. 1,469,118

D E. SPEICHER HORN SEED SOU'VERl Filed May 20. 1922 Patented Sept. Z5, 1923.

titans DANIEL E. SPEECHER, OF URBANA, INDIANA.

HORN SEED SOWER.

Application ined May ze, 1922. seran no. 562,409.

To all whom 'it may concer/1t.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. SPEICHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Urbana, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horn Seed Sowers, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention appertains to certain improvements in seed sowers or distributors generally, and more particularly to a manually operable and-portable type thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide for a device of the class mentioned, and one of a comparatively simple, inexpensive and durable construction and arrangement of parts, capable of being readily carried by a person over the ground to be seeded, and easily manipulated to efficiently and effectively distribute or sow the seed broad-cast in. an accurate and uniform manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide for a device of the type set forth, yand one embodying` a mechanically refined construction and arrangement of parts, whereby to be readily collapsed and folded into a convenient compact package or bundle, when not in use, and wherein the parts may be easily `assembled together into operative condition, or separated one from the other for replacement or repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide for aseed sower or distributor as hereinbefore characterized, and one embodying a simple and effective means for regulating the number or volume of seedy to be broad-casted therefrom, and, in addition thereto, 'a means for assuring of the proper spray'or spread of the seed from the device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, thel inventionresides in the certain new and useful Vconstruction and arrangement of parts, as willv be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isV a perspective view of the seeder as it appears in position Vfor use,

Fig. 2 is a. fragmentary longitudinal section of certain of the parts, and showing the manner of mounting the gage or regulator in position for operation therein and to Vconnect the parts aforesaid together, Iand Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the gage or regulator per es,

F ig.-4C is a similar view t-hereof1 buty with the gage orregulator disk removed therefrom,

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section .taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a preferred construction of discharge tube, and showing the formation ofthe same for effecting the proper spray orspread to the seed, and

Fig. 7 is a similarV view of one of the Y inner or intermediate tube sections of the collapsible discharge or distributor spout.

Referring to the drawing, wherein similar characters of reference designate corre- Sponding parts throughout the several views thereof, the numeral 10 indicates aV bag or sack open at its upper edgeand arranged to be suspended from the neck of a. person by means of a suspension strap 11. Extending laterally from one sideofthe bottom of the bag or sack 10 is 'a discharge spout 12, which is of tapered formation outwardly from its'point of connection therewith. The

free end of the spout portion 12, of the bagV or sack 10, is preferably inturned upon itself in a manner to provide a bead lit-arranged' to abut an annular bead 14 formed at the larger end of ya cylindrical gage or regulator casing 15, when the latter is passed outwardly of the open end of the spout 12.

The casing 15 Ais frictionally engaged within the larger end of an innerL section 16,`

of ya tapered collapsible discharge tube or horn formed of an intermediate tube section 17 and an outerdistributor tube section 18,

in addition to'theinner tube section 16. To

effect a spraying or spreading action to the seed in its discharge from the small end of,v .the outer tube section 18, this end vof the same is preferably crimped or fiuted in an inward direction, as at 19, infFig. 6, or as shown in Fig.V 7, the end may be simply inturned or spun on curved lines as at 20, for such purpose;

To regulate the discharge yof seed from the bag or sack 10 tothe distributor horn or g tube, the gage or regulator'casing 15 is provided with anouter end wall 21, which is cutaway to provide an opening 22, and cooperative with this opening is a regulator disk 23 mounted for rotary movement on the outer face of the end wall 21, by means ofa pivot stud or pin 24 Secured in the wall 21at the center thereof, an opening 25 being provided therein for the reception of thevplvot pin, substantially as is shown in Fig. e. The regulator or gage disk 23 is bent to provide an angularly disposed edge portion 26, which is utilized as a tin ei grip tor the rotation of the sanieren its pivot lhen the disk 23 is turned on the pivot 24, to bring the line of the bend of the angularly disposed portion V26 thereof into alinement With the straight Wall of the opening 22, thefull area of the later Will be available for the vpassage therethrough ot seed from the bag or sack l0, and by turning the disk 26 trom such position to vary the angular relation oir' the line of bend of the portion 26 With respect to the straight edge ot the opening 22,i the size ot the latter is be varied accordingly to the kind of seed to be distributed. To retain the disk 23 at any of its several predetermined positions, the same is provided With a single indentation 23, at a point 'inivardlvf of its peripheral edge, which is arranger. to snap into engagement With any one of semi-circular series of indentations 2i formed in the end Wall 2l of kthe gage or regulator casing l5, during the turning movement of disl: 3. ,fis slioivn in Figs. 3 and associatai` with certain of the indentations 2l', ot the 'end Wall are'numeral graduations which are to be registered by anopeiiing 23" termed in the disk 23 for the purpose, whereby the site ot the opening 22 Will be variedv according to the graduation selected and registered' by the sight vopening 23 of the disk lo assure of the slight rictional contact ot the. disk 23 Vwith the Wall 2l, and ot the engagement oi' the indentation 23 of the ioriner, with the indentations 21 of the latter, and to prevent tree rotation ot the disk or accidental displacement of the same from set'position, the disk 2B is formed at its center ivit'h an outl ii'vardly convexed resilient portion 27 centrally through which the pivot pin 24 passes. the outer end of the pivot pin being headed in a manner that this portion 27 is placed y slightly under tension for such purpose.

'As an instance of the use ot the device, the graduationnumerals l, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are igieaiis arranged to admit of the disk 23 being adjusted correspondingly to vary the size ot the opening 22 for the discharge therethrough from the bag or saek 10 ot seeds ot' different kinds, and for the several settings oi the disk 23, the following schedule ot approximate values has beenV determined:

By setting the disk 23 with the numeral l Y or" the graduations exposed through the slight .opening 23 thereof, the device will be set tor the sowing of oats at the rate of .4. J.

tivo bushels to the acre; at the graduation 2,

Wheat, 'one and one-helirl bushels to the acre Y;`

at the graduation tiveiit'y pounds 'i the acre, or flax, three gallons to the acre; at the graduation clover, eight pints Yto the re; and at the graduation 5, timothy, tour inte to the acre.

From the foregoing, it Will be readily ,afpparent that, While a preferred embodiment of the device has been described andy illustrated herein in specific terms andi details et construction and arrangement, various changes in and modifications or" thel saine may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention, or the scope ot the caims appended hereto. Having thus Yfully described the what is claimed, is f l. ln seed soiver a tubular discharging element, a plate arranged therein .and oi' a invention Vcontour to provide a segment-shaped opvenplate and providing means When shifted for varying the size and shape vof said opening tor discharge. l

ln testimony whereof, l atiiXmy signature hereto. Y l l Y DNEL E. SPEJCHER. 

